TD Ameritrade founder Joe Ricketts, who owned the sites DNAinfo and Gothamist, announced on Thursday that both publications were being shut down immediately — just a week after reporters and editors voted to join a union.
DNAinfo and Gothamist Are Shut Down After Vote to Unionize https://t.co/7gMsianXQC
— John Sexton (@verumserum) November 2, 2017
Gothamist and DNAinfo have been shut down. Statement here: pic.twitter.com/53SHJxzpYY
— Kim Bhasin (@KimBhasin) November 2, 2017
“DNAinfo is, at the end of the day, a business, and businesses need to be economically successful if they are to endure,” Ricketts wrote.
HuffPost reporter Alexander Kaufman, himself a member of Writers Guild of America East, had his own proposal to keep DNAinfo and Gothamist, or at least a reasonable replacement, up and running.
tax the fuck out of billionaires like Joe Ricketts and provide public funding for local journalism.
— Alexander Kaufman (@AlexCKaufman) November 2, 2017
Give us a second to think about it.
No.
— TomG (@chargerpilot) November 2, 2017
SOCIALISM: Not Even Once
— J.G. Petruna (@jgpetruna) November 2, 2017
https://twitter.com/ScorpiusDubious/status/926260738943016960
Take my money and give it to people who don’t know the difference between opinion and facts? I don’t think so-
— Susan Wynne (@scwynne) November 2, 2017
Yea, the government should run all news outlets!
— Daily Aphorisms (@TSturdcomedy) November 2, 2017
State sponsored journalism, now where have I seen that before? ?
— Rae Rae (@RaeRaeisRep7) November 2, 2017
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Um, yeah: making #journalists dependent on politicians will *ensure* honesty and impartiality. LMAO ???
— Matt Cates (@Matt_Cates) November 2, 2017
You want a press controlled by the State? Sounds like you just want to come clean about wanting the government to control what you report.
— Schadenfreudelish (@aggierican) November 2, 2017
We can call it “Pravda”
— Dan McClinton (@DanMcClinton1) November 2, 2017
https://twitter.com/Over_Governed/status/926216330772144134
Listen to the little Commie talk.
— The Galtington Post (@reardongalt) November 2, 2017
Finally, a realistic solution. https://t.co/3AkDmRu2FL
— ?It's?Almost ⛄️Christmas? (@jtLOL) November 2, 2017
https://twitter.com/davidjacksmith/status/926258850331840512
https://twitter.com/CrankyGordon/status/926224041199001600
Funding for local journalism? So, who gets to oversee this program, let alone decide exactly who gets funding? Isn't it fun playing with other people's money though?
— John Doiron, GenX Influencer (@jfd1965) November 2, 2017
Who's going to fund the counsel of enlightened elders who get to decide which local journalists deserve Ricketts' tax payments?
— Matthew Barrette (@matthewbarrette) November 2, 2017
https://twitter.com/GreenMetalMan/status/926223385423728640
https://twitter.com/Mainearmy/status/926222187706634240
https://twitter.com/Nicholas_Poche/status/926250203602186240
https://twitter.com/AlexMG138/status/926220949204226049
These are the people that want control of The Purse.
DIMWIT: Why should he be in business if Gov is going to "tax the fuck" out of him? https://t.co/NsyhEVPWLv
— Mach's Alternate (@Machovellian) November 3, 2017
https://twitter.com/MrJosephDuke/status/926256113993027584
Idea, find your own funding and start your own sites. Otherwise screw off! https://t.co/S0wT93aFi0
— Joe (@JoeC1776) November 3, 2017
https://twitter.com/marzipanwiley/status/926241958208655360
Why tax billionaires to pay journalists? Plenty of billionaires already fund the liberal media already. Ever heard of George Soros?
— doGfOecioV ? VoiceOfGod (@doGfOecioV) November 3, 2017
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